Alysa Liu, who walked away from figure skating at age 16 and returned last year, won the 2025 world championship on Friday.

It’s a comeback that had looked so unlikely, even Alysa Liu’s coaches tried to talk the American teenager out of returning.

Bay Area figure skating fans on Monday were still celebrating East Bay native Alysa Liu’s gold medal performance at the World ...

Alysa Liu becomes the first U.S. woman to win a world title since 2006, after having returned to international competition ...

BOSTON — On April 9, 2022, Alysa Liu announced her retirement from figure skating. She was only 16, but it strangely made ...

BOSTON — Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief, her golden dress shimmering in the lights of TD Garden, and the ...

In a stunning return to the sport, Alysa Liu became the first American woman to win a world championship in 19 years in ...

Liu, 19, won gold at the world figure skating championships over the weekend in Boston, the first American women's singles ...

After the Americans' showing Friday, for the first time since 2002, when Michelle Kwan was reigning world champ, an American ...

The 19-year-old returned to competing at the beginning of the 2024-25 season, and she capped it off a world champion.

Malinin and Liu, who won titles at the World Figure Skating Championships on Friday and Saturday, will reflect on their ...